The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-10-07
tFrom Mondays Daily Free Press

From Mondays Daily Free PressJ
The County Auditor is busy maxim
out his tax books for next year.
The grading in front of the Norma
school is expected to be completed thi
week.
Mr.. w. f. b. Smyth, on Saturda!
purchased the Second street property o
Mr.. J. I. Lenfesty.
A marriage license was issued Sat
urday to Reinhold Poethre and Math
Ida Appelmann.
Work on the new reservoir is pro
crossing satisfactorily. The excavation
is nearly completed.
John Klein & Son have sold ovel
one hundred baby carriages during the
wear. Tally for Mankato!
Buy your tickets for "Blind Boone,
October 7th. The seats are being taker
rapidly, and large audience is certain
The construction of the stone side
walk in front of the City Hall was be-
gun this morning. The walk will be 6
substantial affair.
Lightning struck the residence of q
man named Madigar, at Waseca, yester'
day morning and badly shattered the
building. Nobody hurt.
AT a recent meeting of the Jobbers
Union, Col. Vim. Thomas was elected
president to supply the vacancy caused
by the resignation OF Mr.. F. N. Merrill.
Rev. w. w. Whitney, the new Bap-
fist minister, preached his first sermon
for that society yesterday. There was a
large attendance and all were pleased to
hear Mr.. Whitney again.
Piper & Warner have sold TO John
]. Haggard, of Eagle Lake, lots 6 and z
block 2, of Germania Park, for $500
Mr.. Haggard will improve them by
building a house on each.
Mr.. John Lang & Son have begun
the erection of a two-story brick store,
5Ox22, on North Front street opposite
the Big Mill. 1t is rumored that it will
be used as a meat market.
The special city commissioners on
the Walnut, Fifth and Second street i'm
provement met tins morning, but as the
work on those streets had not been COM
pleted an adjournment was taken until
the first Monday in December.
Rev. G. Mowery, pastor of the Con-
gregational church at New Ulm, died
Saturday after protracted illness from
cancer in the stomach. He had but re-
Gently returned from a summers visit
to Colorado in search of relief.
The First National Bank, Of St
Paul, has consummated the purchase Of
the $4,000 park bonds, paying par. The
deed of the park property has been
transferred to the city and the money
paid over, and the matter is now finally
settled.
Contractor Williams went to Sioux
City Saturday to secure an iron pipe lay
er, and returned this morning. He will
commence laying the iron pipe from the
water main on Front street up MAR
street to the reservoir. The excavation
will be eight feet deep.
Skipped by the Light of the Noon
has cancelled its date for Mankato, Oct
Sth, and will postpone its visit to the city
until Nov. 4th. The company was book
ed for st. Paul next week, but the man
ager wisely concluded that he could no
safely come into competition with tn,
Presidential show, and therefore ha
changed his route, and will not com,
this way until next month.
An alarm of fire was sounded Satur
day afternoon from Rollers warehouse
on Cherry street. Some boards sur
rounding smoke pipe had becom
heated and were about ready to tax
fire, but were fortunately discovered il
time to prevent blaze. Had the fir
broken out later it is altogether likely
disastrous conhagration would have re
suited.
The farmers who planted good-size'
potato patches, and there are a goo,
many of them in the county, are real
izing very handsomely on their crops
there being good demand at fair price
for all potatoes marketed. This produC
is becoming one of no small importance
one dealer informing us that several ca
loads are bought here every day, ship
ments being made to Chicago and point
farther East.
DIR. Follman has received a larg
stock of Budweiser bottled beer, put u
especially for family use, which he dc
livers to customers in any part of tn
city. He has also an excellent stock {
California wines and brandv-the pures
in the market. The doctor is meetIn
with large sales on his wines, and fc
family use, where they are needed fc
medical purposes, they are the best thu
can be had.
County Auditor Scattergood recei'
ed the report of the State Board
Equalization yesterday. 1t increase
the rates of assessment on persons
property in this county as follow
Horses two years old, ID per cent; hors'
three years old and over, 10 per cent
, cattle one year old, 80 per cent; GOV
10 per cent; sheep % per cent. I'll
rates of assessment on the other item
) of personal property are left witho
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